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Coinbase has just unexpectedly announced that its team is looking into making the addition of five top altcoins into Coinbase services. Potential Support for Five Top Altcoins The San Francisco-based exchange took to Twitter to announce that it is “exploring” options to add several crypto assets, namely Zcash,...

Popular stablecoin, USDT, pegged to the price of one U.S. dollar, has just granted another 250 million tokens, adding to the discussion surrounding this often controversial crypto asset. The Tether ‘Controversy’ Continues Despite its widespread use, Tether has been the topic of controversy within the cryptocurrency community, as users...

Bithumb, one of the largest exchanges in Asia, just broke the news that it has been hacked, with the hackers reportedly stealing over $30 million worth of cryptocurrencies. Bithumb Wallet Change Backfires At 12:49 UTC on June 19th, Bithumb announced that they would be temporarily suspending deposits due...

Despite the market downturn, with Bitcoin and other altcoins dropping 15% in the past 48 hours, Coinbase has decided to make an unexpected announcement, quickly pushing up the price of Ethereum Classic. Coinbase Announces Ethereum Classic Support At 6:18 PST on June the 11th, Coinbase announced that it has...

The popularity and resultant price increase of Bitcoin and its ilk has become a magnet for cybercrime and hackers vying to get an illicit profit from crypto mining. By utilizing the path of least resistance and preying on the vulnerabilities of the uninitiated they have taken to the...

The fork of Bitcoin from August 2017 known as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged over 30% on Friday according to industry price analysts at Coinmarketcap. This corresponded with a marked drop in the price of the original Bitcoin’s (BTC) price to its lowest point since the start of November....

The Wolves of Wall Street have been stirring the crypto pot again this week by downgrading ratings for chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Citing a faltering cryptocurrency market and a decline in demand for mining in 2018, Morgan Stanley reduced its ratings from equal-weight to underweight for the...

Earlier today, a court in Thessaloniki, Greece, approved an extradition request against Aleksandr Vinnik made by the US. The 38-year-old Russian stands accused of using the BTC-e exchange platform to launder money, as well as operating it without a license. Immediately following the ruling, the defence team filed...

A black-hat hacker who was able to steal $10 million worth of Ether tokens after compromising an Initial Coin Offering round has returned some part of the funds. CoinDash, the startup behind the exploited ICO, updated on its blog that it has received a total of 10,000 ETH...

Blockchain gaming has been in the spotlight lately; video games using the technology have appeared in mainstream media and academic journals, and even have a professional educational website. Most are focused on in-game payments and smart property integration, but it’s possible to build completely decentralized online worlds. Huntercoin set out with...

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